Accession number
PML 145500, plate 096
Creator
Delvaux, Remi-Henri-Joseph, 1748-1823, engraver.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1791]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title from "La Sainte Bible".
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 96, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 3, p.198 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 3e." and "page 198"; lettered below image: "Marillier inv. 1792" "R. Delvaux, L. fecit"
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 96, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 3, p.198 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom. 3e." and "page 198"; lettered below image: "Marillier inv. 1792" "R. Delvaux, L. fecit"
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 139 x 90 mm; sheet: 149 x 97 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Saul standing on a platform lunging a long spear towars figures on his right. One figure carries a harp as they flee from Saul's advance. A group on the right appears to be pleading with Saul to stop his action.
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